2024.11.16 Sat.
- 15:45 - 17:00
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Recent Development and Scale-up on Article 6 of Paris Agreement and Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)
- Organizer
- Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ)・Overseas Environmental Cooperation Centre (OECC)
- Details
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Abstract
The JCM has been promoting diffusion of decarbonizing technologies since its start in 2013. Currently, the number of JCM partner countries has reached 29 and the number of selected JCM Model Projects has reached over 250.
This side event will introduce the status of legal arrangement in Japan related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement as well as the recent progrss of the JCM, and it will also provide updates from JCM partner countries on their efforts to implement Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the status of implementation of the JCM. Furthermore, this event will discuss how the partner countries and Asian Development Bank promote JCM considering global trends surrounding the Article 6 implementation.Program
Opening Remarks
- MATSUZAWA Yutaka | Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, MOEJ
Introduction of current status on the JCM and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement including legal arrangement in Japan
- KINAME Kohei | Deputy Director, Office of International Carbon Market, Global Environment Bureau, MOEJ
Efforts and implementation of the JCM and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement toward decarbonization society in decarbonization in Asia and the Pacific
- Virender Kumar Duggal | Principal Climate Change Specialist, Asia Development Bank (ADB)
Roundtable Discussion: Necessary arrangements to make the JCM align with Article6 of the Paris Agreement and future expectation for the JCM
- Puttipar Rotkittikhun | Director of the Carbon Credit Certification Office, Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO), Thailand
- Otgontsetseg Luvsandash | JCM Secretariat between Mongolia and Japan, Climate Change Research and Cooperation Centre
- Cahyadi Yudodaohono | Head of Indonesia JCM Secretariat, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Indonesia
- Virender Kumar Duggal | Principal Climate Change Specialist, ADB
- KINAME Kohei | Ditto
Q & A Session
- All Speakers
- Session Summary
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The event was initiated by opening remarks by Mr. MATSUZAWA, Vice-Minister of MOEJ and presentations by Mr. KINAME from MOEJ and Mr. Duggal from ADB. In the discussion, speakers from JCM partner countries, Thailand, Mongolia, and Indonesia, shared the latest information on arrangement of the legal framework in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, and the outlook for project development in each country. Finally, Mr. Duggal emphasized JCM contributes improving the reliability of the carbon markets, and Mr. KINAME emphasized JCM's progress in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
Opening Remarks by Mr. MATSUZAWA from MOEJ 
Presentation by Mr. KINAME from MOEJ 
Roundtable Discussion by Speakers 
Speakers